Thoroughbred Daily News 7/12/25
Airdrie Stud’s Beau Liam (by Liam’s Map) got his second black-type winner in his first crop of 2-year-olds–and second in a week–Saturday when Border Czar sailed under the wire in the My Dear Stakes at Woodbine. Beau Liam‘s juvenile filly Lanaluah had captured the Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity July 5.
Sent as a 6-1 choice on the all-weather surface, Border Czar broke smartly and settled between horses in the second flight but well behind the :22.17 pace. With rider Rafael Hernandez sitting quietly confident until the turn, the bay tipped out and motored down the stretch a few paths out to win with authority, drifting in but powering by the leaders to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Early trailer Abdul (Tapit) closed late for runner-up honors.
“She’s pretty sharp little filly,” said winner trainer and owner Barbara Minshall. “I mean, she loves to train. She was a little sharp going to post and everything. I noticed that. But she’s all business. And you ask her to do something, she’s all business. And [Rafael Hernandez] has worked her a couple times, he’s got to know her even better, and he knew she’d come running.”
Border Czar’s only previous start resulted in a neck win going five furlongs over Woodbine’s surface June 7. Legion Bloodstock signed the ticket at $25,000 for her at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Her unplaced dam foaled a Greatest Honour filly Feb. 20 and was bred back to Charge It.
MY DEAR S., C$128,250, Woodbine, 7-12, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:05.77, ft.
1–BORDER CZAR, 122, f, 2, by Beau Liam
1st Dam: Adalee, by Street Boss
2nd Dam: Lady Fiona, by Henrythenavigator
3rd Dam: Placid Lake, by Greenwood Lake
($25,000 Ylg ’24 FTKOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN.
O/T-Barbara J. Minshall; B-Southern Comfort Farm LLC (KY);
J-Rafael Manuel Hernandez. C$75,000. Lifetime Record:
2-2-0-0, $87,333.
2–Abdul, 118, f, 2, Tapit–Miss Jessica J, by Empire Maker.
($350,000 Ylg ’24 FTKOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-D. J. Stable
LLC; B-Al Shira’aa Racing Limited & Gainesway
Thoroughbreds LTD (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. C$25,000.
3–Pageant Queen, 122, f, 2, Point of Entry–Queen Ofthe
Dawn, by Sun King. (C$35,000 Ylg ’24 CANSEP). 1ST BLACK
TYPE. O-Windways Farm and Upland Flats Racing;
B-Anthony B. Russo & Leslie L. Russo (ON); T-James Bentley
Begg. C$15,000.
Margins: 2 3/4, 1HF, HF. Odds: 6.70, 3.40, 9.25.
Also Ran: Pina Colada, Sapphire Beach (Ire), Thank You Amy, Armored Guard, Souper Sporty, Souper Diva.
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